Cindy Crawford Announces She's Retired From Modeling

Supermodel Cindy Crawford has revealed she's through with posing professionally, announcing she's retiring from the industry. "I'm sure I'll have my picture taken for 10 more years, but not as a model anymore. And that's OK. I've done it," she told United's in-flight magazine, Hemispheres. "I've worked with all these incredible photographers. What else do I need to do? I can't keep reinventing myself. I shouldn't have to keep proving myself. I don't want to."

This isn't a situation with a model emerging from semi-retirement to make it official. Rather, Crawford is fresh off of some very busy days, having just landed Balmain's newest campaign alongside other '90s supers and releasing a glossy new book of modeling shots (of the Rizzoli tome, she says the project was "maybe not [to] say goodbye, but move on").

So, what's next for the stunner? Both of her teenagers have entered the modeling game, so she'll likely be busy dispensing plenty more advice. Insights she shared with the magazine also make it apparent that she's ready to further her brand, even if it's not by posing for a camera lens.

"What I really love and am passionate about is communication. And the way that I have been communicating for the past 30 years has been through pictures," she said, thinking back on her experience growing as a model. "There did come a point when I realized, 'I do have something valuable to say. I have learned enough. And I am the expert on Cindy Crawford.'"

Oh, and about those new Balmain images? It turns out Crawford is completely comfortable posing in a group, likening her heyday in the '90s to something that almost sounds Spice Girl-esque.

"It was one of those cases where the sum is greater than the parts," she said of shooting George Michael's "Freedom! '90" video with Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, and Tatjana Patitz. "There was something about the five of us. We looked different, our personalities were different, but we looked good together. We were cast almost like a boy band. You were like, Something's happening here."